From: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com>
To: "tj@kernel.org" <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
"kernel-team@fb.com" <kernel-team@fb.com>,
"oleg@redhat.com" <oleg@redhat.com>, "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>,
"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
"jianchao.w.wang@oracle.com" <jianchao.w.wang@oracle.com>,
"osandov@fb.com" <osandov@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] blk-mq: replace timeout synchronization with a RCU and generation based scheme
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:13:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1513286010.2475.58.camel@wdc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171214191935.GB3919388@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com>
On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 11:19 -0800, tj@kernel.org wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 06:51:11PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-12-12 at 11:01 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > --- a/block/blk-core.c
> > > +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> > > @@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
> > > rq->start_time = jiffies;
> > > set_start_time_ns(rq);
> > > rq->part = NULL;
> > > + seqcount_init(&rq->gstate_seq);
> > > + u64_stats_init(&rq->aborted_gstate_sync);
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_init);
> >
> > Sorry but the above change looks ugly to me. My understanding is that
> > blk_rq_init() is only used inside the block layer to initialize legacy block
> > layer requests while gstate_seq and aborted_gstate_sync are only relevant
> > for blk-mq requests. Wouldn't it be better to avoid that blk_rq_init() is
> > called for blk-mq requests such that the above change can be left out? The
> > only callers outside the block layer core of blk_rq_init() I know of are
> > ide_prep_sense() and scsi_ioctl_reset(). I can help with converting the SCSI
> > code if you want.
>
> This is also used by flush path. We probably should clean that up,
> but let's worry about that later cuz flush handling has enough of its
> own complications.
We may have a different opinion about this but I think it is more than a
detail. This patch needs gstate_seq and aborted_gstate_sync to be preserved
across request state transitions from MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT to MR_RQ_IDLE.
blk_mq_init_request() is called at request allocation time so it's the right
context to initialize gstate_seq and aborted_gstate_sync. blk_rq_init()
however is called before a every use of a request. Sorry but I'm not
enthusiast about the code in blk_rq_init() that reinitializes state
information that should survive request reuse.
Bart.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-14 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-12 19:01 [PATCHSET v2] blk-mq: reimplement timeout handling Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 1/6] blk-mq: protect completion path with RCU Tejun Heo
2017-12-13 3:30 ` jianchao.wang
2017-12-13 16:13 ` Tejun Heo
2017-12-14 2:09 ` jianchao.wang
2017-12-14 17:01 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-14 18:14 ` tj
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 2/6] blk-mq: replace timeout synchronization with a RCU and generation based scheme Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 21:37 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-12 21:44 ` tj
2017-12-13 5:07 ` jianchao.wang
2017-12-13 16:13 ` Tejun Heo
2017-12-14 18:51 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-14 19:19 ` tj
2017-12-14 21:13 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2017-12-15 13:30 ` tj
2017-12-14 20:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-14 21:42 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-14 21:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-15 2:12 ` jianchao.wang
2017-12-15 7:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-15 15:14 ` jianchao.wang
2017-12-15 2:39 ` Mike Galbraith
2017-12-15 13:50 ` tj
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 3/6] blk-mq: use blk_mq_rq_state() instead of testing REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 4/6] blk-mq: make blk_abort_request() trigger timeout path Tejun Heo
2017-12-14 18:56 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-14 19:26 ` tj
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 5/6] blk-mq: remove REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE usages from blk-mq Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 19:01 ` [PATCH 6/6] blk-mq: remove REQ_ATOM_STARTED Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 22:20 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-12 22:22 ` tj
2017-12-12 20:23 ` [PATCHSET v2] blk-mq: reimplement timeout handling Jens Axboe
2017-12-12 21:40 ` Tejun Heo
2017-12-20 23:41 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-12-21 0:08 ` tj
2017-12-21 1:00 ` Bart Van Assche
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-12-09 19:25 [PATCHSET] " Tejun Heo
2017-12-09 19:25 ` [PATCH 2/6] blk-mq: replace timeout synchronization with a RCU and generation based scheme Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 10:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-12 18:02 ` Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 10:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-12 18:03 ` Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 11:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-12 18:04 ` Tejun Heo
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